Mugabe 'well, on holiday' in Singapore: Zimbabwean officials

Zimbabwean officials yesterday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was seriously ill in Singapore, saying he was well and on holiday there with his family, and was expected to return home this week.

Yesterday, the country's Information Minister, Mr Webster Shamu, dismissed the reports as "hogwash".

Two senior officials from Mr Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, who declined to be named, said a website report about the 88-year-old leader battling for his life in a Singapore hospital was not true.

The two officials confirmed that Mr Mugabe was in Singapore but declined to divulge further details about his trip.

"The President is well and away on a private holiday to help his daughter prepare for post-graduate studies, but we are expecting him home this week," said one of the officials.

Mr Mugabe, who was a hero of the 1970s struggle for independence, became an international outcast after he began government crackdowns on his opponents and the country's economy collapsed.

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